Thursday, July 29, 2010

Hello, I will be back soon. We have been out of town and I have stories and pictures to share.....however we have been home only a couple of days and we are traveling out of town again, but we will be home soon....we have a very busy week next week!

to celebrate the new line, Shabby Apple blog is having a contest and giveaway....

post your favorite pie recipe and you could win.....

"The winner will receive a complete set of Domestic Art notecards for a total of 15, one for each of the completed paintings in Leslie's series, all hand-signed, titled and individually sleeved, PLUS a 20 x 30" hand-finished and signed giclee print of the Domestic Art painting of their choice".

here is a print by Leslie Graff....

and here is my pie...

This pie is one of my favorites because I used blackberries from my grandparents farm to make it. My cousin Lisa and I would pick all of grandma and grandpa's wild blackberries. We would eat them till our bellies were full. We would spend time running around on the farm during the summers. Blackberries always make me think of summers when I was little.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

I was thinking of this post last night and I wanted to share it again.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLLIE!

I am so proud of you and I am so proud that you are my son!
I LOVE YOU!

Five years and one day ago Oliver O'Neil was born. We lived in Coshocton. Van was 3 and Petey was 1 2/2 years old. Josh was working at the Salivation Army and getting his Masters degree, and I was a full time student.
Ollie arrived at 10:30 pm, on a Friday.
He came home on Sunday only to go back to the hospital on Wednesday because of jaundice.
He came home again on Friday, 1 week after he was born.
When Ollie was born, he was really tiny and his feet were really chubby and so were his toes!
3 weeks after his 1st birthday we moved to Virgina, Josh got his first teaching job.
Ollie has lived in two states and four cities.
Ollie was the baby for two years till his sister came.
These were the things I was thinking about as I looked through old pictures of Ollie for this post.
I have picked out a small amount of my favorites to share.
Ollie's birthday party was yesterday and I will share his party later.

Mommy and Ollie at Lake Park, spring 2005.

Ollie in spring 2005
( at the house we refer as the yellow house)

right before Ollie's first Birthday Party

Splashing in the water, he did that this year too, can't wait to show you the pics.

Ollie has always loved the water!

having fun in the water with Daddy

with his brothers checking out his presents.

On his big present! a four wheeler.

eating his first Birthday cake and icing

making a good mess!

Mommy and Daddy cleaning the cake off.

Ollie in Virginia with his Monster Trucks.

Mommy and Ollie in Virginia, 2005

The next set of pictures were taken in Virginia.

Playing with Thomas trains

The first time Ollie was Tigger.

walking with Mommy, Tatum is in Mommy's belly.

notice Ollie's Thomas shoes, every year he gets a pair of Thomas Shoes!

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Audrey says ...

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."